From djacques@csulb.edu Sat Oct 04 08:55:17 2003
Subject:RE: Simulator Over Leslie!!!

On the other hand, it is a real (and unfortunately rare) pleasure to
have excellent sound people who care and are knowledgeable about the
sound of the band both onstage and FOH. Whenever I perform at the House
of Blues in Anaheim I am continually surprised on how much these guys
and gals care, and what efforts they put in to getting the right sound
during soundcheck.

During one soundcheck my bass player was not happy with his onstage
sound and the engineers worked with him for 30 minutes fine tuning the
bass until he was happy. When I arrive they have the Leslie miked in
stereo with two wedges behind me with a stereo feed from the Leslie. It
sounds awesome.


-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Hasley [mailto:chuckh4115@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:56 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Simulator Over Leslie!!!

Better yet is the guy who introduces himself as the sound guy and
proceeds to reel off his credits over the next few minutes. They
have always been working in LA or NY and when you cite a few names
they've never heard of them or lie and say they have.
Then the kicker comes when he looks up and the stage and asks what
that thing is that's spinning behind the keyboard. OORRR he says
"cool, a Leslie" and puts one mike on it-he sticks in the motor
adjustment hole.
Unfortunately I don't suffer fools kindly and I am constantly in hot
water with these guys. Funnier is the fact that I'm an ass because
the foh guy doesn't know his butt from a water meter. I do get a
little bit of a kick over punching them when they are down. When
he's up there fumbling around trying to get a mic in the motor
adjustment hole. I let him do it, then tell him I can't hear
anything. He'll gain the crap out of it until it feeds back. THEN
he begins to sweat because he knows he's clueless.
You would be surprised how many of these guys have never dealt with a
Leslie. My guess is they just plain don't know how to approach
miking the thing. That's why they want a line out of something.
Better yet is the sound guy who tells me a Leslie sounds better than
a sim only he doesn't know why. In reality, if it's mixed properly
it should be real hard to tell. Once the Leslie tone goes into the
board and comes out a mono signal the presence will sound more like a
sim if it is not miked in stereo.

I guess it's no different than the guys who call me wanting me to
come out to their garage and join their soon-to-be-working band.
That's another story.
Lord help me!
Chuck

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